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Philadelphia has the highest percentage of obese residents in the country, along with the highest rate of poverty.

Philadelphia neighborhoods rely on corner stores as primary food retail options.

Eighteen percent of children live in a household where no adults work.

In 2014, 54% of the homeless population were individuals, whereas 46% were members of homeless families.

Philadelphia's adult and family shelters routinely turn away unaccompanied teens and young adults.

Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Philadelphians—between 430,000 and 440,000 people—live below the federal poverty level, including 39% (135,000) of our children, 27% (265,000) of work-age adults and 17% (32,000) of seniors.